Saturday, September 19, 2015

My Top Ten Favorite Pinterest Recipes


I have lots of cookbooks and I love them.  One of my favorite thing to do is watching a TV show I enjoy while flipping through a new cookbook and tagging the recipes that interest me.  However, when it really comes down to it Pinterest is my go to source for recipes.  I have lots of other boards - bookish stuff, home projects, cleaning methods, crafting, and holidays - but I mostly use it for the food.  However, with thousands of pins and more being added everyday it's easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer volume and not really use them.  I'm trying to work my way through the recipes so I can delete the recipes that don't work for me.

Today I'm going to combine 2 of my favorite things - Pinterest and Top Ten Lists - and make a top ten list of my favorite Pinterest recipes.

1.  Blue Moon Orange Chicken from Iowa Girl Eats - This recipe shouldn't work for my family.  My husband is not a fan of beer or fruit in a dish but it's amazing!  It's also quick and simple.  The shallots can be replaced with an onion if need be and I've used orange juice when I didn't have actual oranges.  This can be a light summer dish but I adore it with mashed potatoes so I can put a little of the sauce over the potatoes.

2. Butter Chicken from Cookies and Cups - This isn't the tasty Indian Butter Chicken but instead it's an incredible way to make breaded chicken cutlets.  She refers to them as chicken candy at some point in the post and she's not far wrong.  Even the Tornado who is against meat of all kinds eats this one.

3.  Balsamic Grilled Pork Chops from Six Sisters Stuff - I ended up only marinating this for 2 hours and it was still really good.  I also cooked it in a large saucepan instead of a grill.  Seriously amazing.  The marinade smells ridiculously good.  Like give me a straw and I'll just drink this kind of good.

4.  Slow Cooker Brown Sugar and Balsamic Glazed Pork Loin from Six Sisters Stuff - Balsamic is one of those magic words that will make me try a recipe every time.  This is another good one and a great one to serve with mashed potatoes.

5.   BBQ Pot Roast over Cheddar Ranch Grits from Plain Chicken - Despite being born in the South grits are one of the many classic Southern dishes that I'm just not a huge fan of (cornbread is another) but this is really good.  I love the combination of the barbecue with the cheesiness of the grits.  Don't be afraid to add more water to the grits if the texture gets too thick.

6.  Gouda Bacon Macaroni and Cheese by Shugary Sweets - This is so good.  Like so good it doesn't need bacon good.  I've served it as a side dish and as a meal.  You can make it way ahead of time and it reheats beautifully.

7.  Easy Homemade Flour Tortillas from Mom on Timeout - I make these all the time and they're so tasty!  I'm not a big corn tortilla lover but am quite the fan of the flour tortillas.  Plus I love that this is all made from pantry staples so it's easy to throw together.  I don't always let the dough rest the full time.  Sometimes it's just not that kind of day!

8.  Individual Garlic Bread Braids from Foodie with Family - These are impressive looking rolls that aren't nearly as difficult as they look.  I do have to reteach myself to braid every time I make them but then I've never been that great at braiding anyway.  Mine always end up a little bigger so I end up cutting the loaves in half but they're still pretty!

9.  Andes Mint Grinch Cookies from Six Sisters Stuff - These are some of my favorite holiday cookies.  They're cool and minty without being too aggressive. It's basically a more buttery Andes mint.  I make them around St Patrick's Day and call them Leprechaun cookies or I make them and leave out the food coloring and just call them Andes Mint Cookies.  Regardless, of what you call them they're super good.

10. Soft Batch Style Chocolate Chip Cookies from Picky Palate - The cookies are everything chocolate chip cookies should be (unless you like those thin crispy ones in which case these aren't for you).  They texture and flavor is awesome.  I microwave the butter until about half melted so I don't have to pull out my mixer.

This is my Top Ten Favorite Pinterest recipes for now though I could probably easily do a top 100!  Where do you get most of your recipes?  Are there any food blogs I simply must check out?

I'm linking up with Weekend Cooking hosted by Beth Fish Reads

27 comments:

  1. First time visitor here. I know what you mean when you say that all the pins can get overwhelming. I'm slowly working through my "Recipes I'd like to try" board and I'm always on the hunt for easy recipes, as I'm not the best cook in the world, ha. Thanks for sharing your favourites. I've added the butter chicken to my board. It looks yummy.

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    1. I think you'll like the butter chicken. It's so tasty and versatile. I love Pinterest because there's so much variety. Welcome to my blog! I hope you find something you enjoy.

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  2. This is such a great idea for a post! I'll definitely try the Blue Moon Orange Chicken - it reminds me of one of my family's favorites, Honey Beer Chicken. The recipes are nearly identical with honey substituted for orange. Do you mind if I borrow this idea for a WC post sometime?

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    1. Go for it! If love to see some of your favorite recipes. Honey beer chicken sounds great. Blue Moon beer really works best with this one because the citrus works so nicely with it.

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  3. Oh wow. All of these look so good. And I agree with JoAnn -- hope you don't mind if many of us steal this idea. It can be so difficult to sift through the thousands of Pinterest and online recipes to find the gems.

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    1. You are welcome to use this idea! I'd love to see everyone else's favorites. I'm sure I'd get some fantastic ideas!

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  4. #5, that pot roast sounds amazing! I have to try that one. I have sooooo many cookbooks that I had to finally go through them and give some away. Most of my recipes come from a select few cookbooks and other bloggers.
    I tend to forget about Pinterest

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    1. It's really good and it makes your whole house smell amazing! I need to go through my cookbooks. I know there are a few hidden in the shelves that I don't really want anymore.

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  5. I love Pinterest for food ideas. I love this post and I'm glad you don't mind if we borrow it.
    I may try the first 5 and the last one.

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  6. Thanks for sharing your Top Ten. I need to sort through my boards and pare them down too.

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  7. Oooh - I'm going to have a to check out that Blue Moon Orange chicken...I love orange and am always looking for new ways to cook chicken. And - I usually go to the Internet for recipes too despite my multiple shelves of cookbooks!

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  8. I'll be checking these out. Am addicted too and often never do what I plan to because something else catches my eye!

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  9. I will be coming back and reading all of these. THANK YOU

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  10. I'm sick and thus not hungry today, but there's a lot of yummy sounding stuff on your list. I especially was craving some melted cheesy kind of food as the mac'n'cheese one. Yum.
    Happy reading!
    Brittany @ This is the Story of My(Reading) Life

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  11. Great idea for a post! I pinned the Slow Cooker Brown Sugar and Balsamic Glazed Pork Loin. I love balsamic vinegar, too, AND brown sugar!

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  12. Pinterest is fab for food! Cheers from Carole's Chatter!

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  13. Very delicious looking list - especially those Andes mint grinch cookies! I normally find most recipes on Pinterest too.

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  14. Doing boards would be one more thing to do. Probably too enjoyable, and then no gardening at all would get done. Sigh, so I don't. But all your 10 sound good.

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  15. Thanks Katherine for a great list. I haven't added to my Pinterest in awhile because it's like falling into the black hole to visit there, but I believe I am a follower of yours there if I need a new recipe, lol.
    We don't eat beef or pork, but I'm wondering if I could change up your Brown Sugar/Balsamic Pork Loin slow cooker recipe to make a whole roaster chicken in its place. Maybe?
    And oh yeah, those Grinch Andes cookies sound like a Christmas find for me!

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  16. I bought the Six Sisters Stuff cookbook last week. Will probably gift it to one of my (six) sisters. Really, I have six sisters :) I'll try a few recipes before I gift it though!

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  17. Fun post! I'll have to check out the orange chicken recipe and the braided garlic bread, nom nom.

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  18. I have a recipe riot going on over on Pinterest, too! I have a board called *YUMMY* that I quick pin all the recipes to, and then l go back to the board later and sort them out into the category boards. The asterisk in front puts it up at the top of the boards list so it is easy to pin to. I have a home and garden page on Facebook and I have posted quite a few Six Sisters recipes. I love their boards. :)

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  19. I'm kind of shocked that I wasn't following you on pinterest! I don't use it as much as other social media but I do love looking for recipes there. I'm so making that blue moon orange chicken with mashed potatoes! Yum :D

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  20. It's always good to have favorite recipes that are always a hit with the crew.

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  21. Oh, boy, I've got to try some of these! Especially the pork recipes. I'm always looking for good pork or chicken recipes that don't include tomato. (Because allergy.)

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  22. I don't go to Pinterest very often, but it's one of the things I want to do more of this Fall. These recipes will get me there! They sound so good, Katherine!

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  23. Yep, I've just added several of these to the menu for the week!

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